Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Now that the Fall CSA deliveries have begun, we are starting the inundation of butternut squash and argula. Soon more squash will be bestowed upon us -acorn squash and pumpkins aplenty. Our first blog post was an arugula salad that is easy, delicious and the perfect way to use up the squash we are getting - sweet potatoes could work in this recipe, too.

Welcome

2011 starts the seventh year that we have been members of a CSA. Community Supported Agriculture allows people to buy a share in a local farm. We get our share from Potomac Vegetable Farm (PVF) which runs from June through early November. We also support our local Farmers market in Del Ray which now runs year round, with only a handful of vendors braving the winter months, and occasionally visit the Dupont Farmers market. In 2008 we started ordering meat and other local products from Mount Vernon Farm a local farm buyers club located in Rappahannock, VA.

Cooking seasonally has been rewarding and challenging. We have been introduced to all kinds of new vegetables. Part of the challenge is to find ways to cook all the foods that are delivered each week. We have created this blog to share our successes and failures with cooking locally and hope that you will share yours too.